Learning Who You Are
High school students seek out their identities
“If you teach ethnic studies to students, teach them about their culture, get them involved, they start caring more about their education and are able … Continue reading
Education Archive
The Key to Raising Graduation Rates
Career and Technical Education helps students stay in school
Lane County, our high school graduation rates stink. Surely that’s not new news, but what is new is the approach our schools are taking to … Continue reading
School Board Race
May 16 election to fill three open 4J school board positions
Candidates in the race for the Eugene’s 4J School District board — a four-year-long commitment — are not happy about the Feb. 7 appointment of … Continue reading
4J Students Face Race-Based Discrimination
Incidents increased post Trump's election
Editor’s Note: The names of the mothers in this story, Brenda and Rosa, are pseudonyms to protect their children from retribution. This past September, Brenda … Continue reading
School Board Powers and Planning
The workings of a school district can appear mysterious to the uninitiated.
School boards most often appear in the public eye when they make a controversial decision or take a position on something of a political nature, … Continue reading
Civics Lessons
This election year feels toxic. The current rhetoric and anger of the presidential race seems to be permeating everything. How did we wind up with … Continue reading
Dead Bugs!
Oregon State gets its bug collection in order
In a dark corner of Cordley Hall on the edge of Oregon State University campus, an unsorted knot of dead ants floats preserved in a … Continue reading
Great Books
Gutenberg College discusses the works of Western Civilization
Once upon a time in the way back when, the role of higher education was not to prepare you for the treadmill by clipping you … Continue reading
Owls on Campus
UO lab studies birds of prey and how they hear
The University of Oregon hosts a number of traditional campus critters — crows, squirrels and freshmen, to name a few. But hidden away in neuroscientist … Continue reading
A Language Revived
LCC examines commitment to Chinuk wawa language courses
Unless you solely rely on your dusty elementary school education to shape your worldview, or you live beneath a social-media rock, you ought to have … Continue reading